I think it's just about time we take a break from studying for exams and finishing up projects to fill our homes with Christmas spirit. Whether it takes a new sweater or a big cup of hot chocolate to get you in the spirit, I encourage you to do it. Sometimes, it's hard to just jump from Thanksgiving straight into Christmas, but I'm here to help you make a smooth transition. Here's some of my tips!

1. Start with a tree

Whether your family goes to a farm to pick out a tree or sticks with the old fake one in your attic (that is us), decorating the tree is probably the best part of the holiday - aside from Christmas morning, that is. Take out all of those dusty ornaments and make your house look FAB.

2. Change the station

Even before December, I have the radio set on Christmas music. It's hard to resist when you know it's on. I think I love Christmas music so much because my middle name is Carol. It's just fate. No matter what you're up to, a little Michael Buble Christmas music never hurt (I'm pretty sure his album is still 6.99 or iTunes like WHAT). I'll leave my favorite tune below!

3. Holiday lights

Take a ride one night this week and look at all the Christmas lights. If you have a neighborhood that gets all decked out, definitely pay them a visit. Turn up the radio and make it a family event. We do this sporadically throughout the season after coming back from dinner. It's a whole lot of fun.

Oh, and you might even have a lights festival in your area. We go to one every year and drive through all the lights. They even have a place to roast s'mores and buy hot chocolate. Oh, and you can buy all the Moravian gingerbread cookies your little heart desires.

4. Christmas movies

My family surprisingly hasn't been all over ABC's 25 Days of Christmas this year. I love all the movies during this time of year - How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a favorite! It really brings me back to when I was little. If you want the whole list, I have it below ;)

5. Attend a service

Something that always gets me ready for the birth of Christ is attending church. I have recently been going every Sunday for a couple of months - something I haven't done in a while. If you ever need a good Christmas pick-me-up you can always attend a service during the advent season. The churches are filled with decorations and the good news of Christ's birth! If you can't make it to church, definitely check out some sermons from your computer. I'll leave one that I love below for you to check out some time.

Obviously, this is just a start. There are so many more things you can do (gingerbread houses, Christmas cookies, watching vlogmas videos, wrapping presents, etc.) to get in the spirit.

I hope you have an amazing start to your holiday season. I'll talk to you in my next post!

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There are a lot of things that are hidden behind certain walls. Barriers. For instance, that computer screen only lets you see parts of me. My writings and pictures. You can't see all the drafts of these posts, my fingers typing or my thoughts. Does that make sense?Our perception of the world is so limited. It's as if you were shooting a movie with one camera angle. It leaves us curious of what the rest of the world is like. The views and opinions of other lifestyles and people intrigue us. We want to have connections with all these other people.I'm guessing that's why you read my blog. You want my perspective. You are interested in my thoughts and, well, what I'm up to.

So, as the author of this blog and a content creator, I feel it is up to me to keep you informed on myself.I am just about to start this new adventure called high school in a few weeks. Honestly, I am petrified. I feel like it's all on my shoulders now. I have to play this and take that class or I can't succeed. Everything seems so much more real and magnified. So much different.

To make a long story short, I don't know what to do. I don't know if I should keep blogging and making videos. I don't know if I should just focus on schoolwork. I don't want to mess up. I know everyone makes mistakes but I just want it to be clear what I should do.So, I don't know what else to say. I guess we can just leave it at that.~If you happen to have made it this far in my post, please leave a comment. What should I do? Would you like to see me continue to produce content? What would you like to see?{excuse my photobooth/picmonkey randomness} You guys are the best.Much Love!Sydney xx

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Happy July Fourth Week!!! Are you excited to see this week's bucket list? Me too! It's in the works and will be up on my YouTube channel TOMORROW! I'll have the link right here when I get it situated. Are you ready?

So, I thought that we should catch up, author to reader. It's only rarely that you see more to my life than what I wear on my nails or what foundation I apply. So, I wanted to kind of make this a regular thing about every month where I take you through the past few weeks and share what has been happening.

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Hey y'all. GUESS WHAT? It came. I had seen the UPS guy go down the street next to us so I ran in and asked my mom if I could read on the carport and wait for him. She said no, but I still got my package. All is right in the world. Made my day.

So as you may know I have been saving up for a nice camera for quite some time now. I got the Canon T3i off of Amazon for a pretty good deal.

I won't ramble. A picture's worth 1,000 words, right?

This is 100% me.

Photogenic Father.

Studly Bryce.

All the pictures are from my camera and they weren't edited at all. Oh, and do you like this font better? I'm thinking of changing it from the Courier one I have been using. That's about it, guys!! See you soon!!!

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Hello my gorgeous friends! Is that a new top you're wearing? It looks very nice on you! How are you today? Oh, and happy father's day!

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HOLD UP. Don't be fooled by the title. There is a whole lot more to this post than just a list. Trust me.

Today I'm going to be introducing a new series on my blog/YouTube channel, which is linked right about here. It is my summer bucket list. After this being in the works for months (I'm not kidding) now, I'm so so so so so so so excited to start this series! Now let me explain how it will work.

Aside from other posts and videos, I'm going to be completing my summer bucket list, with you guys as my witnesses. So, every time I check something off there will be a link to a video or a post about it. So, make sure you are either following me on Bloglovin, here, getting email updates, subscribed to my channel or something! I will be finalizing social networking soon - keep your eyes peeled for that!

Now, in order to keep some sort of surprise factor, I will only be putting categories of the things I'm doing this summer. In other words, I'm not going to tell you exactly what I'm going to do. Once I get my new camera, (hopefully tomorrow!!!) we can proceed. So for the next 11 weeks, until I go back to school, I am going to check off all 12 things on my bucket list! {That means that there is a BONUS category!}

Care to join?

Here are the categories.

1. Do something crafty.

2. Do something outdoors.

3. Do something with friends.

4. Do something for others.

5. Do something for yourself.

6. Do something patriotic.

7. Do something summery.

8. Do something spontaneous.

9. Do something with food.

10. Do something for knowledge.

11. Do something for fitness.

12. Do something on a day trip.

Hyperlinks will be on this post to each completed task! I hope you will join me this summer in actually doing the things on your bucket list. You know what those kids say these days... #YOLO